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Originally Posted by Crawford
There's crazy density (for U.S. standards) from Bayonne to Fort Lee. Also this is the fastest growing part of NJ, with the most housing units planned and u/c.
They desperately need a continuous north-south rail link. The Hudson Bergen rail extension will absolutely help, but again, that's inland, and connecting a separate corridor of towns.
I'm not even sure if surface rail is feasible, given that River Road isn't super-wide, and then you have the Palisades cliffs. Elevated is probably a NIMBY impossibility. Underground would be incredibly expensive, but maybe the best option?
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Promise not to laugh, but I have a vision for a N/S subway
Phase 1 would be an extension of the JSQ-33rd line that would extend south from Journal Square, through Bayonne, onto the Bayonne Bridge and into Staten Island then east along abandoned railway ROW to St. George station Ferry Terminal. Staten Island would gain a one-seat ride to midtown Manhattan.
Phase 2 would be a branch north from Journal Square on Kennedy Blvd up to Union City, Weehawken and the Lincoln Tunnel into the Port Authority Bus Terminal.
Phase 3 would be another branch north from the PABT, back across the river and this time further north through the hyper dense Hudson cities until Fort Lee. Then across the George Washing to connect with the GW Bridge Bus Terminal and the 1 line. That should help alleviate a huge amount of the bus traffic into Manhattan.
I have a few more ideas (like having one of these branches be an extension of the 7 line instead), but since the price tag is probably approaching $100 billion, that's enough for now.